Even stripped of all her armament ,radars and every thing else that made it a ship, including her crew, and she still has a faint glimmer of pride and powerful good looking ship.
That feeling in the presence of greatness of being Haunted by unfulfilled desires, to be like the men we read about, in a modern era that had no need. A time beyond our own that only our imagination can capture. The patter of rain on a gloomy day brings to light.
I was on this ship decades ago, the “Victory. ” I was standing right where Nelson fell. Then I learned that hardly a piece of wood is from the original Victory. Over the decades it has been repaired and repaired again and again. This knowledge saddened me a little. Love from a German sailor´s daughter
Something very melancholic about seeing these once powerful ships which were home to many people who worked so hard to maintain them . But a ship without a crew is nothing.
Seeing the ships I served on go for scrapping brought me some quite deep sadness. You work so hard and in turn create so many fantastic memories. A big part of your life. God bless all the ships and all who served on them. Soppy but true.
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What a heart break to see this famous ship without its masts. If you ever come to the United States, stop in Boston, Massachusetts. In the harbor there is our most famous surviving naval ship from the time of the American Revolutionary Way. That would be our much loved USS Constitution. She is still completely restored to her original appearance. The last time she was under sail was during our Bicentenial celebration in 1976. Tall ships came from all over the world to sail with her. New York harbor full with tall sailing ships near the Statue of Liberty. When it was filmed it felt like we had gone back in time.
@@airzorne correct, the ship did see quite a bit of action during War of 1812, and she was used as a training ship during the Civil War for the Naval Academy
Nice footage. Here's a clip of her leaving Portsmouth for Santander nearly a fortnight ago: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-r8TDwdZzxLk.html
I`m sorry but without her full masts she lost all of her Charme and charactre. I understand that its quite hard to preerve such a old ship but right now she`s nothing better than a hull with cannons and some left over masts. Better let her die in Honor with full masts instead of crippling her like that
Calm down mate, Victory is undergoing major refit, costing around £50 million, the masts spars and rigging will be back looking just as she did at Trafalgar.
What about other ships, any survived and exhibited now? I read that after the battle there was a storm and almost all the captured ships sunk. But I wonder (except HMS Victory) any left.
"A ship in the harbour is safe, but that's not what ships are for." That being said, her last real refitting was when she came home from Trafalgar, and that was 216 years ago. I think she's due for a spell in drydock. Also it''s really cool to see HMS Victory sitting there alongside HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Queen Elizabeth. Side note: The Battle of Trafalgar needs to have a movie made of it, and Tom Hardy needs to play the captain of HMS Victory, just because I want Tom Hardy to play Captain Thomas Masterman Hardy.
OMG, Bristol was my first ship! Joined her in 1974 just after the steam room fire. In between the 2 after funnels where those two guys were climbing is the battery shop where all the batteries on the ship and the boats she carried were maintained. Best ship I ever served on.
